Colles' fracture splint

Details Colles' fracture splint Colles' fracture splint

1989-05-05

1990-05-08

Hafer, Robert A.

Surgery

Instruments

Orthopedic instrumentation

606 57, A61F 504

Patent

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049228960

ABSTRACT:
An improved splint is described for setting a Colles' fracture. The splint includes first, second and third elements connected together. A metacarpal bar is carried on the first element and is movable therealong. Two pins pass through the metacarpal bar and extend into a bone of a patient of one side of a bone fracture. The second element is pivotally mounted on one end of the first element for movement about an axis which forms an acute angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the first element. The third element is pivotally mounted on the second element for movement about an axis which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the second element. The third element includes transverse openings through which two pins extend which are inserted into the bone of a patient on the opposite side of the bone fracture. In one embodiment the metacarpal bar can be rotated about an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the first element.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2333033 (1943-10-01), Mraz
patent: 4349017 (1982-09-01), Sayegh
patent: 4611586 (1986-09-01), Agee et al.

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